Quotes of the Week- [ Nov. 17, 2009 ]

"Louisianians don't want the federal government telling
us how to eat our oysters any more than we want a bureaucrat in
Washington telling us how to make a roux, and today the FDA heard that
loud and clear." — Rep. Charlie Melancon, joining forces
with Sen. Mary Landrieu on Nov. 10 to protest a Food and Drug
Administration proposal to ban the sale of fresh, live Gulf Coast
oysters during warm-weather months unless they are processed. The ban
would begin in 2011.

"We have convicted more violent criminals in the first
six months of 2009 than we did in either of the years 2008 or 2007. We
want to keep this thing rolling, and I need your help and I need your
support." — District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro, addressing
the New Orleans City Council Nov. 10. The city is facing a $68 million
budget deficit in 2010, and Cannizzaro was pleading with the council
not to cut funds to his office.